Recently, I ran the Dallas White Rock Marathon and I used technology to do it! I have posted a story about my marathon journey including pictures of the race. I have also detailed how I started with an Apple iPod with Nike Plus, then moved to RunKeeper on the iPhone, and finished up with a Garmin 305.

Daniel Petri of the Petri IT Knowledgebase has a great article on navigating between RDP Desktop Sessions using the latest Windows 7 2008 R2. Originally, those pesky “yellow” RDP tabs would build on top of one other making it very inefficient to know which screen you are minimizing. With the new Windows 7 2008 R2, that problem has been resolved. The tabs are blue now and they can be dragged to any part of the screen.

This video is very unique in that it uses Internet technology with behind the scenes web command language to automate a cat feeder. Even better, it uses a Cisco switch in the process! Check out the youtube video.

Setting alarms can be very useful to a VMware Admin. In my latest article, I discuss various alarms that come as default with VMware such as monitoring host usage. Take a look at this default overview screen:

In my latest my video I discuss what vCloud Express can do to enrich the VMware Admin’s world. VMWare is partnering with some specific companies to utilize “pay-as-you-go” capacity. Check out the virtual future of infrastructure computing in my new video, below…

Gestalt IT’s Field Day happened this month. This is a 2 day event where 15 independent bloggers are brought together to listen to vendors. From there, the bloggers post unbiased content about what they learned and what they thought about the solutions. Steven Foskett, Rich Brambley, and Chris Evans (to name a few) have put their heads together to make this happen.